irenic

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*werh₁-“to say, speak”
2. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*ser-“(verb) to bind, tie together; (noun) thread”
3. Ancient Greek · derived fromεἰρηνικός“characterized by peace, peaceful”
4. English todayirenic

From Ancient Greek εἰρηνικός (eirēnikós, “characterized by peace, peaceful”) + English -ic (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘of or pertaining to’). Εἰρηνικός (Eirēnikós) is derived from εἰρήνη (eirḗnē, “peace”) (possibly from εἴρω (eírō, “to fasten together”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“(verb) to bind, tie together; (noun) thread”)), or εἴρω (eírō, “to say, speak”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *werh₁- (“to say, speak”))) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós, suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘of or pertaining to’).

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